The officer, whose name was not released, spotted the
motorcyclist at 11:03 a.m. going about 100 mph on southbound
Interstate 5, just south of the checkpoint and tried to pull him
over, CHP Officer Phil Konstantin said.

The rider of the cafe-style motorcycle continued south and
exited at Harbor Drive, he said.

The officer crashed at Mission Avenue and Coast Highway about
11:15 a.m., Konstantin said. The officer advised that he had
suffered just minor injuries, he said.

A minute later, the CHP got a call that a motorcyclist had
crashed at San Diego Street and Mission Avenue, just a short
distance away, and the driver had run away, Konstantin said.

The officer later went to the scene of that crash and said it
was the same motorcycle he had been pursuing, he said.

The driver of the speeding motorcycle was described as a black
man in his 20s with a medium build, short hair and a small patch of
hair on his chin.